The caucus at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, described the Governor’s action as insensitive, unacceptable and selfish, maintaining that the reasons given by Umahi for his action were both untenable and deceitful.
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Chima stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abakaliki.
Mbam, also Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, said this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abakaliki.
The review, which took immediate effect, was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to State Government, Dr. Kenneth Ugbala.
Moses Nomeh, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources gave the charge on Saturday in Abakaliki during a meeting with the Fisheries Cooperative Federation of Nigeria.
Governor David Umahi made the pledge on Tuesday in a statewide broadcast in reaction to Monday’s renewed attack where another police station was attacked and burnt in Abakaliki by hoodlums.
Umahi gave the assurance on Sunday while inspecting properties damaged by hoodlums at Okposi and Uburu communities of Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi in the wake of the #EndSARS protests across the country.
Governor David Umahi disclosed this to journalists on Friday after an assessment tour of level of damages on institutions and public facilities in the State by the protesters.
The Governor made the call while responding to questions from journalists during his inspection tour of some damaged Police stations by hoodlums in the guise of #EndSARS protest on Friday.
He ordered that academic and non academic activities at the University should commence with effect from the same Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Chinedu Ogah (APC-Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency), on Saturday announced that Umahi had defected to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party and commended him for making the move.
Governor Umahi observed that though it was a keenly contested election, Obaseki’s re-election has yet again rekindled hope in the nation’s democracy and the electoral process, which has allowed, unhindered, the wishes and aspirations of the people to prevail.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that restrictions were placed on such activities in the state since March, due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic across the country and the globe.
The suggestion was made by the Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Media, Francis Nwaze in his office at the Government House, Abakaliki, on Wednesday when he received in audience the new GM and some members of his management team.
The Governor during the event also inaugurated a newly-appointed Acting Accountant-General of the State, Emeka Nwankwo, and other newly-appointed Special Assistants to the Governor, explaining the reason for his constant appointment and removal of Accountants General in the State.
Members of the Committee, led by Hon. Martins Oke, who visited the hospital as part of their oversight functions on Tuesday, toured the facilities across the two locations of the hospital.
The order was part of the outcome of an enlarged Security Council presided over by Governor David Umahi with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and other stakeholders in Abakaliki, the State capital, on Tuesday.
The aides, Prof. Ogbonnaya Chukwu, the state Commissioner for Finance, and Chief Clement Nweke, Principal Secretary to the Governor, in separate statements on Monday in Abakaliki, urged the citizens to take issues concerning the disease seriously.
The Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has listed conditions that must be fulfilled by the state government for the party to participate in the COVID-19 Ebonyi Palliatives Distribution Joint Committee.
A 25-year-old returnee from Lagos State has tested positive to the Coronavirus Disease in Ebonyi State, bringing the number of confirmed infections in the State to three.